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Does White House count unborn for tour security?

Does White House count unborn for tour security?

By Molly Moorhead • May 9, 2012
Americans for Prosperity's traffic light claim

Americans for Prosperity's traffic light claim

By Becky Bowers • May 9, 2012
Republicans, Democrats hope to break with 40 years of election history

Republicans, Democrats hope to break with 40 years of election history

By Erin O'Neill • May 9, 2012
Fact-checking candidate Barack Obama

Fact-checking candidate Barack Obama

By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2012
Truth-O-Meter rates claims from both political parties Mostly False

Truth-O-Meter rates claims from both political parties Mostly False

By Caryn Shinske • May 8, 2012
Mailbag: ‘It is all junk!’

Mailbag: ‘It is all junk!’

By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2012
Behind the rhetoric: Why Scott Walker was able to raise unlimited funds

Behind the rhetoric: Why Scott Walker was able to raise unlimited funds

By Dave Umhoefer • May 7, 2012
The PolitiFact guide to Medicare attack lines

The PolitiFact guide to Medicare attack lines

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2012
Barack Obama debuts stump speech

Barack Obama debuts stump speech

By Sean Gorman • May 5, 2012
TV ad claims stimulus ships tax dollars overseas

TV ad claims stimulus ships tax dollars overseas

By Becky Bowers • May 4, 2012
Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus

Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus

By Becky Bowers • May 4, 2012
Americans for Prosperity cites stimulus for Finland

Americans for Prosperity cites stimulus for Finland

By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
Boomerang kids, a Crossroads ad and the media echo chamber

Boomerang kids, a Crossroads ad and the media echo chamber

By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2012
Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks

Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks

By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2012
Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks

Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks

By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2012
Checking the claims from Americans for Prosperity

Checking the claims from Americans for Prosperity

By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2012
Planned Parenthood versus the State of Texas

Planned Parenthood versus the State of Texas

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 1, 2012
A flurry of Half Trues

A flurry of Half Trues

By Molly Moorhead • May 1, 2012
Truth-O-Meter vets candidates' claims on taxes

Truth-O-Meter vets candidates' claims on taxes

By Caryn Shinske • May 1, 2012
Who to blame for the price at the pump? Tough to say

Who to blame for the price at the pump? Tough to say

By Molly Moorhead • April 30, 2012